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Smart Grid

Smart Grid Innovation Hub Launched by Iberdrola

The Global Smart Grid Innovation Hub in Bilbao, Spain will focus on R&D on the new challenges facing electricity distribution networks.

Coal Price

South Korean Coal Market Rises on Tighter Fundamentals

Coal supply cuts in Australia and ongoing nuclear outages following two typhoons earlier this month supported South Korean coal prices for a second consecutive …

LNG

Chevron Sells More Domestic Gas to Alcoa in Australia

Chevron has signed an agreement to supply a further 37PJ of gas sourced from the three LNG projects located offshore Western Australia to US aluminium group Alc…

Energy Technology

Fincantieri to Build Hydrogen Hybrid Ship

Italian shipbuilding firm Fincantieri has started building a hybrid ship that will use hydrogen and storage systems along with diesel fuel.

Oil & Gas Trade

BPCL Pays for Defaulting Videocon in Brazil Oil Block

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd has been forced to pay for its defaulting partner Videocon Industries Ltd after it had relied on a rarely used model to ac…

Clean Energy Transition

Renewables May See a Boost Under a Biden Presidency – Report

In the market analyst’s view, the Democratic nominee has a 70% probability of winning the November 3 election.

Nuclear Equipment

Giant Pipeline Installed at Russia's Kursk II Nuclear Power Plant

A giant pipeline is being installed at the construction site of Russia’s Kursk II nuclear power plant.

Thermal Plant

NTPC Invites Bids for Biomass Pellet Procurement for Thermal Plants

State-run NTPC has invited bids for procurement of biomass pellets for its various thermal plants on domestic competitive basis as part of its endeavour to redu…

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom Ships Equipment for Kudankulam N-Power Plants

Russia's integrated nuclear power player Rosatom on Friday said that ship BBC Elbe has left the country with equipment for two 1,000 MW atomic power plants comi…

Electricity Transmission

The World's First New Energy Channel: 72 Days into Operation to Reduce Coal Consumption by 900,000 Tons

It is understood that the low-end DC system of the project has been in continuous live operation for 72 days.

Microgrid

PXiSE, Toshiba Form Alliance Targeting Japanese Microgrid Market

PXiSE Energy Solutions and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions have formed an alliance to develop microgrids, with an initial focus on Japan and growing to the g…

Geothermal Power Plant

HS Orka to Push Forward with 30 MW Expansion at Reykjanes Geothermal Plant, Iceland

Private power operator HS Orka has announced the intention to start with the 30 MW expansion of its Reykjanes geothermal power plant in the near future.

Solar Power Panel

BURKINA FASO: A Solar Panel Production Plant Built in Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso has just set up a solar panel production unit. Called "Faso Energy", the facility located in the capital Ouagadougou is capable of producing 30 MW …

Solar Power Plant

Irish, US JV Toasts Solar PPA Success in Maine

Irish company BNRG and its US joint venture partner Dirigo Solar are to supply renewable electricity to a public utility in the north-east US under a 20-year po…

India

India's Govt May Impose Customs Duty on Solar Equipment Soon

The ministry of new and renewable energy has asked solar manufacturers to provide a list of machinery and capital goods that should be exempted from basic custo…